[MoonSunn]

Hey.. My friend posts under many forums (overlapping issues)--One of them being an insolvable drug situation (poly-drug user) with no long term option..

He doesn't take as many drugs as he used to, only maintenance. He is still depressed day to day, but he likes to party. When he does, naturally he takes more, but it often results in heart problems, mutism, amnesia.... in other words, he's ''fried'', there is nothing left to release in his brains, it's all gone.

It's no good either way. He needs the drugs (for anxiety, physical symptoms etc.) but they affect him in a bad way.

Anyone with a similar situation? Which one is the lesser evil? Is it best to just throw in more and hope for the best? Quitting isn't an option (long story)

[Crazy Hitch]

Quitting is not an option for one to keep moving forward.

Pending on the substance, I think that family doctors are quite well versed in helping at least alleviating symptoms of withdrawal - coming off a drug - and there are prescriptions available in order to soften the blow so that there's not a complete drop into nothingness.

I'm not sure if my thoughts help, but it's merely to say, I would hope that somewhere there could be a happy medium where your friend's brain is not "fried" and nor is your friend flung into utter anxiety with physical symptoms.

[MoonSunn]

Yeah he tried for a while but as you put it, he wasn't moving anywhere and now his life is somewhat stable again. It's not that it's painful or boring to quit, just that his brains know no other so there's nothing to return to, physically.

I'll update if this gets better with time of stable use

[Mygrandjourney]

Originally Posted by MoonSunn

Hey.. My friend posts under many forums (overlapping issues)--One of them being an insolvable drug situation (poly-drug user) with no long term option..

He doesn't take as many drugs as he used to, only maintenance. He is still depressed day to day, but he likes to party. When he does, naturally he takes more, but it often results in heart problems, mutism, amnesia.... in other words, he's ''fried'', there is nothing left to release in his brains, it's all gone.

It's no good either way. He needs the drugs (for anxiety, physical symptoms etc.) but they affect him in a bad way.

Anyone with a similar situation? Which one is the lesser evil? Is it best to just throw in more and hope for the best? Quitting isn't an option (long story)

I've had similar situations in the past; best to maintain boundaries if you can't cut and run. Quitting is always an option, although now may not be his time to make that choice.....

[avlady]

i think there is no other way to get off drugs than by just not doing them. or also tapering off of them. would this person think of detox in hospital? that is how i got through a med change as i was in the hospital for a 21 day stay to adjust the meds and i've been ok now for 5 years.

[MoonSunn]

Physical detox or even psychological depression following it isn't the problem.. It's he's been exposed to it as a baby, child, ongoing so it's questionable how the brains are wired - can he ever feel normal ? Doubt so.. Anyways he's seeing a professional soon, hopefully he'll know more